Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Sheila LaBarre
(born Sheila Kay Baley on July
4, 1958 in Fort Payne, Alabama) is an American convicted murderer. She was
sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, with no prospect of parole after
being convicted of killing two men, Kenneth Countie and Michael DeLoge, in
Epping, New Hampshire. At the time of the crimes, LaBarre lived in Epping, New
Hampshire (Rockingham County) on a farm. She regularly enticed younger men to
her farm, where she would torture and control them. At her trial she claimed
she was an angel, sent by God to punish pedophiles. She accused the two men she
killed of being pedophiles.

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Biography

LaBarre was born Sheila Kaye Bailey in Alabama in 1958. She
has a sister, Lynn Noojin. She graduated from Fort Payne High School in 1976.After marrying Ronnie Jennings, she was known as Sheila Bailey Jennings.
She wanted to divorce Ronnie but he refused to divorce her for some time. In
the early 1980s, LaBarre was held in a psychiatric facility after attempting
suicide where she was sexually assaulted by an orderly. She married John Baxter
in January 1981.

LaBarre moved from Fort Payne to Epping, New Hampshire in
1987 after answering a personal ad placed by Dr. Wilfred “Bill” LaBarre, a
chiropractor. She never legally married Bill LaBarre, but took his last name
(“Sheila LaBarre”) and they lived together from 1987 until his death at age 74
in 2000. Bill LaBarre had been married twice before. However, LaBarre married a
Jamaican citizen named Wayne Ennis in Yor, Maine, on August 22, 1995. LaBarre
divorced Ennis in 1996. In April 1997, Sheila LaBarre got a restraining order
against Ennis after he had repeatedly assaulted her.

After Bill’s death, Sheila LaBarre inherited his farm. She
said she was his common-law wife. His children from a previous relationship
attempted to contest the will to get money and property, but were informed they
had a 50/50 chance of success and would have to pay $50,000 upfront.

Crimes

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Kenny Countie

Kenny Countie met LaBarre via a personal ad in 2006 when he
was 24. He moved in with her shortly after meeting her. Countie was described
as having a low IQ and “child like” trust. LaBarre made a recording of him
vomiting whilst she accused him of being a paedophile. She stabbed him to death
and then burnt his body. The police were able to identify his DNA from his army
records.

Countie’s mother subsequently accused the Epping Police
Department of negligence. Prior to his death, he had been seen in a Walmart
store, bruised and burned, in a wheelchair. Her lawsuit against the two police
officers who had seen him in the store was rejected in 2010.

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Michael Deloge

Deloge was LaBarre’s boyfriend, who lived with her at her
farm. He was last seen alive in 2005. A bone of his and his birth certificate
were found at the farm in 2008. It is unknown how he died. His mother informed
the police that she was worried LaBarre was trying to kill him.

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Arrest

An arrest warrant was issued on April 1, 2006 for Shelia
LaBarre, for charges of first degree murder. She was arrested on April 2, and
the police conducted a three-week search of her farm.

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Trial

The jury visited LaBarre’s farm and the Walmart where she
was seen with Countie. LaBarre attended too, wearing a stun belt. LaBarre
pleaded not guilty to murdering Countie and Deloge on the grounds of insanity.
Her defense attorney described her as a “deeply, deeply sick individual.” At
trial in May 2008, psychiatrists testified that LaBarre was diagnosed with
schizoaffective disorder and delusional disorder. James Brackett testified in
court that he was in abusive relationship with LaBarre for six years. LaBarre’s
ex-husband Wayne Ennis claimed that she had asked him to kill Wilfred. Wilfred LaBarre’s
daughter Laura Melisi claimed that LaBarre had threatened to shoot people. She
stated she always disliked Sheila LaBarre, and had warned her father against
pursuing a relationship.

Her plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected by
the jury. They found her guilty and LaBarre was sentenced to life in prison
without parole in June 2008. Her appeal in 2010, was rejected. LaBarre is
currently serving her sentence in Lowell Annex near Ocala, Florida.

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Suspicions on death of Dr.
Wilfred LaBarre [not in Wikipedia]

“Since LaBarre’s March 21 arrest, Wilfred LaBarre’s children
have successfully petitioned a Rockingham County Superior Court judge to freeze
her assets, including the Epping farm. They allege she wrongfully inherited the
115-acre estate using a 1988 will, in spite of one written 12 years later,
providing for Wilfred LaBarre’s children.” [Elizabeth Dinan, “Murder probe:
Autopsy revisited,” Hampton Union (N. H.), May 9, 2006]

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Unnamed victim [not in
Wikipedia]

A woman who is in prison for torturing and killing two
boyfriends may have a new body to account for as police have found three toes
near her farm that do not belong to the two men she is known to have murdered.
Sheila LaBarre, now 54, was arrested in 2006 after an anonymous tip led police
to find remains of Kenneth Countie and Michael Deloge near her Epping, New
Hampshire home. With the latest discovery, police are asking for the public's
help in trying to piece together who the toes may belong to. 'They were not the
remains of Kenneth Countie or Michael Deloge,' Assistant Attorney General Jane
Young told The Manchester Union Leader. “There was no way to determine who it
was.” [Meghan Keneally, “How many did she kill? Police believe woman who
murdered two of her boyfriends may have another victim after finding toes at
farmhouse,” Mail Online, Jul. 5, 2012]

[The above text is taken from
the Wikipedia article on this case and augmented from other sources.]

2012 – “three unidentified toes that belonged to neither of
the men were found on her property.”

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Michael Deloge, 38 – last seen in 2005

Kenneth Countie, 24, last seen Mar. 17, 2006

Unnamed victim – “three unidentified toes that belonged to
neither of the men were found on her property.” 2012

Dr. Wilfred LaBarre – husband, death investigated for signs
of foul play. “Since LaBarre’s March 21 arrest, Wilfred LaBarre’s children have
successfully petitioned a Rockingham County Superior Court judge to freeze her
assets, including the Epping farm. They allege she wrongfully inherited the
115-acre estate using a 1988 will, in spite of one written 12 years later,
providing for Wilfred LaBarre’s children.”